We have mostly clear skies this morning at sunrise. It's been another in a lengthening string of very warm nights -- my low temp here in the upper part of town has been 76.8F (24.9C). There were a couple of very wimpy thundershowers which moved across Himachal Pradesh overnight, but they avoided us, leaving us with only a trace of rainfall during the past 48 hours.
Trying to squeeze a few showers out of this hot and dry air mass has been an unsuccessful prospect thus far. Little pockets of colder air aloft have generated enough instability for a few clouds with thunder and gusty winds to develop from northern Pakistan into widely scattered areas of north India the last couple of evenings, but our serious moisture deficiency has been limiting. So... although we can hold out hope for a random thundershower, I don't think chances are very good for picking up enough rainfall to provide us with much relief from this dry heat. By Wednesday, there could be a more substantial burst of moisture heading our way from the Arabian Sea, which could give us a little better chance of some measurable rain.
Temperatures have come down slightly from our summer high of 93.4F (34.1C) on Thursday, but we'll still remain very close to 90F during the afternoons over the weekend... perhaps dropping a few more degrees as we approach the middle of the coming week.
Trying to squeeze a few showers out of this hot and dry air mass has been an unsuccessful prospect thus far. Little pockets of colder air aloft have generated enough instability for a few clouds with thunder and gusty winds to develop from northern Pakistan into widely scattered areas of north India the last couple of evenings, but our serious moisture deficiency has been limiting. So... although we can hold out hope for a random thundershower, I don't think chances are very good for picking up enough rainfall to provide us with much relief from this dry heat. By Wednesday, there could be a more substantial burst of moisture heading our way from the Arabian Sea, which could give us a little better chance of some measurable rain.
Temperatures have come down slightly from our summer high of 93.4F (34.1C) on Thursday, but we'll still remain very close to 90F during the afternoons over the weekend... perhaps dropping a few more degrees as we approach the middle of the coming week.
SATURDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy and very warm. an isolated thundershower possible.
high: 33C (91F)
SATURDAY NIGHT:
chance of a passing thundershower. otherwise fair to partly cloudy and warm.
low: 23C (74F)
SUNDAY:
sunshine and a few clouds. isolated PM thunder?
high: 32C (89F)
MONDAY:
still very warm, with sunny to partly cloudy skies.
morning low: 23C (74F)
daytime high: 32C (89F)
TUESDAY:
a mix of sun and some clouds.
morning low: 23C (73F)
daytime high: 31C (88F)
WEDNESDAY:
partly cloudy and not quite as warm. a shower or thunderstorm possible.
morning low: 22C (72F)
daytime high: 30C (86F)
